VOR Joins AAPT's Call for National Staff Standards
May 18, 2010
VOR and AAPT have called on U.S. Senators to implement national recognized direct care worker testing and licensure (such as for a Licensed Vocational Nurse/Licensed Pratical Nurse) or even widespread state regulation of these workers providing 24/7 care to our most vulnerable populations.
"For the safety and well-being of your constituents, all states require formal education, regulation and licensure of people who trim hair, sell homes, fix cars and do taxes. Please help us as we seek the same requirements and oversight for those who care - day in and day out - for vulnerable Americans with development disabilities and mental illness."
